Is it just me, or does"zD&T" sound more like a medical procedure than a computer offering?
On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 5:55 AM, Sebastian Welton <[email protected]> wrote: > zD&T (previously RD&T) is basically just zPDT under the covers with a few > more additions. zPDT is primarily for ISVs whereas zD&T is more for your > corporate world but no production work, just development and testing and > even that is subject to some quite strict specifications. zD&T comes in > basically 2 versions, the Personal Edition where each user has their own > zD&T and license or via software licensing (which has confused the hell out > of me, like all IBM software licensing). You can run it on a standalone x86 > server, in a virtualized environment (which makes it easy to clone images, > ala DevOps) and in a managed services such as a cloud based system. > > It runs all the z operating systems that we all love (not older ones > though) although z/VM is required for Sysplex operation and has some > restrictions. There are various options on the amount of processors (zPDT > is restricted here) and it does support IFLs and ZiiPs, in fact in the > latest version of zPDT, the ZiiPs are 'free'. There is a wealth of > information out there although trying to find the wheat from the chaff can > be time consuming, the best starting point is the zPDT Redbook: > > http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248205.html?Open > > Sebastian > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
